Definition of absolute value:
distance from zero
Fact/characteristics:
- | | is the symbol for absolute value
- absolute value is never written with a "+" or "-" sign
Examples:
|4| = and |-4| = (I gave my daughter several examples and she had to find the absolute value, but initially I was going to have her give her own examples.
Pictorial representation:
Here is a vocabulary graphic organizer I made for my 7th grader:
